Internet Governance Project Award

My paper, Social Media and Global Internet Governance: Innovations and Limitations, has been awarded "The 2009 Giganet Scholarship Award", granted by the Internet Governance Project, intended to promote participation and scholarly work in Internet governance. The paper explores and assesses the potential for democratic participation in Internet governance using social media sites and services.

Social Media and Global Internet Governance: Innovations and Limitations will be presented at the 2009 GigaNet Symposium, prior to the Internet Governance Forum November 14 in Sharm-el Sheikh, Egypt. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) supports "the United Nations Secretary-General in carrying out the mandate from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) with regard to convening a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue."

The GigaNet Annual Symposium "is an opportunity to showcase some of the best current research on Internet Governance from around the world and provides a venue for scholars to discuss and debate these crucial issues." The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is a "scholarly community which aims: (i) to promote the development of Internet Governance as a recognized interdisciplinary field of study and (ii) to facilitate the informed dialogue on policy and issues in a multi-stakeholder approach."

 

Robert Bodle, Ph.D.

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Robert Bodle is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the College of Mount St. Joseph, researching and teaching about new media, the Internet, film and visual culture. Bodle received his Ph.D. in Critical Studies from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television (now the School of Cinematic Arts) where he documented and analyzed various online forms of cultural activism in his dissertation Radical Culture in the Digital Age: A Study of Critical New Media Practice (2004).


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As a surfer, Bodle explored the beaches of Southern California, from Solana beach and Leo Carrillo, up to Rincon. He now resides in Ohio, USA, where he “gets it done” (writes, researches, teaches, advocates, does service, yard work, composting, etc.).


Robert’s scholarly research looks at the uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the public good (or commons). Often these uses are framed as “issues of access and issues of control.” Bodle examines the tensions between technology as a force for positive change, empowerment, and emancipation, and technology as a force for enclosure, discrimination, and repression. He is currently researching Internet governance and human rights, information and media literacies, privacy in web 2.0, social media and online advertising.

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At the community level, Bodle has worked with a variety of nonprofits and independent media arts organizations that help give voice to underrepresented groups, support independent news and information, and use media to promote social and economic justice. Bodle helped organize the Independent Media Center in Los Angeles, in San Diego he helped produce the youth documentary series - Tu Voz TV! He is a non profit consultant at RED! Webzine, a site dedicated to promoting prisoner rights and their successful reentry. He also works with the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles (IRP), an initiative formed by people and institutions to establish an Internet Governance regime founded upon human rights. At the Mount, Bodle leads a variety of service learning projects utilizing digital media to help support community development, senior’s quality of life, environmental causes, and information literacy efforts.


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